October 2013 was a split month, with DC Entertainment the leading publisher in Retail Dollar Share and Marvel Comics the leading publisher in Unit Share based on total sales of comics, graphic novels and magazines to comic book specialty stores, according to Diamond Comic Distributors.

PUBLISHER MARKET SHARESBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2013

RETAIL MARKET SHARE

PUBLISHER

SHARE

DC COMICS

31.02%

MARVEL COMICS

30.47%

IMAGE COMICS

9.26%

IDW PUBLISHING

6.27%

DARK HORSE COMICS

5.36%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

2.47%

BOOM! STUDIOS

1.84%

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD

1.40%

ARCHIE COMICS

1.01%

AVATAR PRESS INC

1.01%

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

1.00%

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

0.84%

VIZ MEDIA

0.83%

RANDOM HOUSE

0.74%

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

0.71%

ST. MARTINS PRESS

0.51%

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA

0.45%

TITAN

0.40%

ONI PRESS INC.

0.37%

ASPEN MLT INC

0.26%

OTHER NON-TOP 20

3.77%

UNIT MARKET SHARE

PUBLISHER

SHARE

MARVEL COMICS

33.63%

DC COMICS

33.15%

IMAGE COMICS

10.85%

IDW PUBLISHING

4.96%

DARK HORSE COMICS

4.70%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

2.54%

BOOM! STUDIOS

1.78%

ARCHIE COMICS

1.24%

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

0.93%

AVATAR PRESS INC

0.90%

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

0.86%

ASPEN MLT INC

0.48%

VIZ MEDIA

0.35%

ONI PRESS INC.

0.32%

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD

0.32%

TITAN

0.26%

RANDOM HOUSE

0.19%

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA

0.14%

ST. MARTINS PRESS

0.13%

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

0.13%

OTHER NON-TOP 20

2.14%

NEW TITLES SHIPPEDBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2013

PUBLISHER

COMICS SHIPPED

GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED

MAGAZINES SHIPPED

TOTAL SHIPPED

DC ENTERTAINMENT

100

29

0

129

MARVEL COMICS

78

35

0

113

IDW PUBLISHING

48

29

0

77

IMAGE COMICS

59

17

0

76

DARK HORSE COMICS

38

18

0

56

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

40

2

0

42

BOOM ENTERTAINMENT

25

3

0

28

VIZ MEDIA

0

25

0

25

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

16

6

0

22

RANDOM HOUSE

0

21

1

22

OTHER

111

157

36

304

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICSBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2013

DOLLARS

UNITS

OCTOBER 2013 VS. SEPTEMBER 2013

COMICS

0.30%

-0.57%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

16.57%

16.62%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

4.68%

0.55%

OCTOBER 2013 VS. OCTOBER 2012

COMICS

11.90%

8.69%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

-4.65%

0.05%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

6.36%

7.98%

YEAR-TO-DATE 2013 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2012

COMICS

12.42%

9.46%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

4.69%

3.25%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

9.95%

8.96%

Dollar Market Share – October 2013

Unit Market Share– October 2013

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How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.

The count of new titles shipped includes all titles that were invoiced by Diamond to retailers for the first time during the month and is not the official solicited title count for the month. Variant edition comic books and graphic novels at the same price point count as a single SKU. Variant edition comic books and graphic novels at different price points count as separate SKUs for each edition.